Cardboard Citizens: Bystanders (Cardboard Citizens)

This unflinching, humane and powerful production examines the harsh realities for homeless people and the often fatal consequences that we – the bystanders – all too often prefer to ignore. As the show unfolds like a piece of investigative journalism, the actors explain that this semi-verbatim, often speculative play will explore the lives of vulnerable people and what led to their deaths. From a former British boxer who is exiled to Jamaica and unable to return home, to the callous attack of a man begging outside a shop and his subsequent suicide, these entwining accounts – filled with dark humour and poignant performances – reveal the injustices of an apparent ‘welfare’ system. Putting humans at the heart of these stories, ‘Cardboard Citizens’ will challenge your perceptions about where responsibility really lies.